Frustrated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frustrate \Frus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frustrated}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Frustrating}.]
     1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose;
        to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a
        plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or
        purpose.


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              Shall the adversary thus obtain
              His end and frustrate thine ?         --Milton.
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     2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no
        effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
  
     Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frustrated
       adj : disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and
             thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
             Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
             teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: {defeated},
              {disappointed}, {discomfited}, {foiled}, {thwarted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "frustrated":
     asexual, baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted,
     castrated, chapfallen, cold, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed,
     defeated, disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied,
     emasculated, eunuchized, foiled, frigid, ill done-by, ill-served,
     impotent, let down, neuter, neutral, out of countenance, regretful,
     sexless, sorely disappointed, soured, thwarted, unsexed,
     unsexual